They said it.
Pro-abortion philosopher Peter Singer explains how cannibalism is acceptable if the victim is “mentally defective”:
“Mental defectives do not have a right to life, and therefore might be killed for food – if we should develop a taste for human flesh – or for the purpose of scientific experimentation.”
As cited by Martin Maywer in Fundamentalist Journal, June 1988
Quoted in: John Ankerberg The Facts on Abortion (Smashwords Edition 2011)
Share on FacebookIn a book for abortion clinic workers on counseling abortion minded women, it gives the example of Jasmine, a woman who is not interested in learning about birth control after her abortion:
“It became more and more of a battle with each method of contraception being rejected. There was no way Jasmine could discuss condoms with her boyfriend; the pill was out of the question as it could be discovered. At one point during the consultation the doctor nearly ended up agreeing that maybe abortion was the only form of ‘birth control’ that was practical.”
Joanna Brien, Ida Fairbairn Pregnancy and Abortion Counseling (London: Routledge, 1996) 14
Share on FacebookFormer Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, as quoted by Bernard Nathanson:
“It has been my constant experience that disability and unhappiness do not necessarily go together. Some of the most unhappy children whom I have known have all of their physical and mental facilities, and on the other hand some of the happiest youngsters have borne burdens which I myself would find very difficult to bear….With our technology and creativity, we are merely at the beginning of what we can do educationally and in the field of leisure activities for such youngsters. And who knows what happiness is for another person?”
Bernard Nathanson with Richard Ostling Aborting America (New York: Doubleday, 1979) 235 – 236
Share on FacebookJoanna Kaufmann wrote about the child she aborted who would’ve been disabled:
“It was already kicking inside me and was a person I felt I knew. But the disabilities which we were warned about left no doubt that we did not want to bring this person into the world…
We could have coped with some of the physical handicaps like a cleft palate, dropped jawline and the fact that the baby would be floppy and not able to crawl or walk.
There were other indications though of disabilities connected with the liver, heart and kidneys which meant the child would suffer greatly.… We felt we must take responsibility for our actions and not let somebody else do it for us. What we had to ask ourselves was could we cope? We had 2 other children under 5 so it was a difficult decision.”
Sunday Express, November 12, 1989
quoted in: Jenny Bryan Abortion (East Sussex, England: Wayland Publishers Limited, 1991) 32
Share on FacebookAn article in National Right to Life News quotes two women who had abortion by pill saying that other women may not want to go through their experience:
“According to the New York Times, two RU-486 [abortion pill] patients selected by the Population Council to appear at its October 27, 1994, press conference “agreed that some women who wanted to remain unaware of when the embryo was flushed out of the body would not like the procedure.”
Randall K O’Bannon “RU-486” National Right to Life News Jan 1995
Share on FacebookA woman opposed to abortion was raped and became pregnant. Her doctor encouraged her to have an abortion, and convinced her it would be okay.
“I believed that abortion was an immoral act, a sin. In fact, having been a Catholic all my life, I saw abortion as murder…
Because of the circumstances of my rape, the doctor was totally against my continuing the pregnancy. She explained to me that in these circumstances I did not have to feel guilty if I chose an abortion. She presented it as a way to save my life, my sanity. It would not be murder. She was very clear that by no means should I go through with the pregnancy. She said that if I did, there would be chances of my not living a normal life because the flashbacks from my terrible experience would continue. Finally a joint decision was made by the doctor, my parents, and me, and an abortion was performed.”
Barbara Hernandez “That Terrible Night” Abortion: My Choice God’s Grace: Christian Women Tell Their Stories ed. Anne Eggebroton (Pasadena, CA: New Paradigm Books, 1994)
It seems like the doctor may have pushed the woman into an abortion she would otherwise not have had.
Share on FacebookA woman left the following quote on the Priests for Life site that had pictures of aborted babies:
“For the first time I viewed the graphic photos of aborted babies. I was moved to cry and pray…My daughter sponsored a person who joined the Church and who said she was pro-choice. My daughter asked her to visit your site and look at the photos, which she did. She told my daughter that she cried her eyes out — and became pro-life on the instant. – M”
Pro-choice to Pro-life: Comments From Our Visitors Regarding the Graphic Photos of Abortion on our Website Priests for Life
Visited 2/10/2018
Share on FacebookPro-choice author Karen Kissane:
“Any woman who has felt a baby stir inside her [and] any man who has seen the tiny heart pulsing on an ultrasound screen, knows that abortion is about ending a life.”
Karen Kissane “Abortion Doubts Redefine Debate” The Age October 25, 1995, P 19
Share on FacebookA police officer at an abortion demonstration in Canada said to the author of a book about pro-lifers:
“It’s always the same with these papist bastards. They want to take over the fucking country. Do these pricks think they can run my life?”
Michael W Cuneo Catholics Against the Church: Antiabortion Protests in Toronto, 1969 – 1985 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989) 65
Share on FacebookLate term abortionist George Tiller was assassinated by an anti-abortion extremist, and has gained a reputation among pro-choice activists a saintly martyr. However, a court case alleged that Tiller performed an abortion against a woman’s will. From Christina Dunigan:
Dateline: 1/8/99
“In the fall of 1989, [Dolores C.] encountered health problems and bleeding which she associated with pregnancy. On the suggestion of her boyfriend, she went to ‘Women’s Health Care Services’ … to seek medical care and advice.”
On behalf of his client, who I call “Dolores C.” to protect her privacy, attorney Ted Amshoff filed suit against Tiller and his business. What follows is her story, told in her attorney’s words as much as possible.
“When [Dolores C.] first suspected she was pregnant, she did not consider abortion, and she so informed Defendants. [Dolores C.] wanted to keep her baby and she informed Defendants that she did not believe in abortion unless it was the only alternative.”
Dolores had a pregnancy test at Women’s Health Care Services, which confirmed the pregnancy.
“Defendants then told [Dolores C.] that her health was at risk because the pregnancy was ectopic, or tubal, and that the pregnancy was in the fallopian tube on her right side, close to the uterus. Defendants told [Dolores C.] that the risks of death from a ruptured tubal pregnancy was very great, and that ‘surgery’ should be performed to remove the tubal pregnancy.”
Although there have been rumors about doctors successfully transplanting ectopic pregnancies into the uterus, these have not been verified. The only known treatment for ectopic pregnancy is to remove it, either by surgery or by using drugs to kill the embryo and allow it to be expelled or absorbed by the woman’s body.
“In reliance upon the training, expertise, advice, and counsel of Defendants, and under the impression that she was undergoing a procedure to surgically remove a tubal pregnancy, [Dolores C.] consented to such a procedure and submitted to a medical procedure performed by Defendants on November 4, 1989.”
“In actuality, Defendants performed an abortion, terminating a healthy, wanted child or children. [Dolores C.] subsequently learned that her pregnancy had not been ectopic and that the procedure performed had been an abortion.”
Dolores filed suit against Tiller and Women’s Health Care Services in November of 1991.
“[Dolores C.] reasonably relied upon Defendants’ expertise and their representation to submit to the ‘surgery’ as the only method available to save her life.”
The suit also alleges that Tiller and his corporation continued to make attempts to “conceal the true nature of the state of affairs” surrounding the abortion.
“Defendants’ actions in performing an unnecessary and nonconsensual abortion upon Plaintiff was extreme and outrageous conduct, going beyond all possible bounds of decency, and was atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.”
I would say so. Tiller’s supporters might think otherwise.
Source: Sedgewick (KS) County District Court Case No. 92C1280
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